DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Effective immediately, the College of DuPage Board of Trustees Chairman, Kathy Hamilton, has resigned citing personal reasons. The list of actions taken since becoming Chairman of the board is one that anyone pushing for government reform would be proud of. (Click here for...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - College of DuPage (COD) Trustee McGuire sent the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) a letter in November as part of her own version of micromanaging the Administration's response to the HLC. Initially I believed that letter did nothing but seal a negative outcome...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - In a recent article found here, I exposed the misrepresentations of the Freedom of Information Officer in the fact she was not honest in in responding, as clearly there was never a claim the records could not be located, but rather...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Kory Atkinson is currently a Bloomingdale Township employee that we recently exposed for sending personal e-mails while being paid to perform township work. (Click here for that Article) Atkinson landed in Bloomingdale after departing Itasca School District 110, where he had...
DuPage Co. (ECWd)- Once again, Dianne McGuire, College of DuPage Trustee, has shown her true colors in her recent letter to the Higher Learning Commission. At a time when COD is working to ensure their accreditation stays in tact, McGuire drops bombs on those efforts with...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Past articles outlined what appeared to be a distinctive fact pattern pointing to favoritism when it comes to contracts being awarded to companies in which COD Foundation Board Members either owned the company, or were directly affiliated to it. US Bank, which...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - July 31st, 2015- 8:29 am, Cory Atkinson sends an e-mail to College of DuPage trustee Diane McGuire and Erin Birt to share Dave Carlin's comments in an effort to embarrass COD Trustee Mazzochi. (Copy of E-mail) Considering Mr. Atkinson is an...
DeKalb, IL. - NIU - (ECWd) - DeKalb Sanitary Board and Tim Struthers have conflicts with Steve Irving of Irving Construction. This is the second article about issues at the DeKalb Sanitary District (DSD) and newly appointed NIU Board of Trustees Member Timothy Struthers (previous article). ...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The College of DuPage Freedom of Information Officer, Barbara Mitchell, denied my request for a copy of the Internal Audit report regarding Herricane Graphics citing exemption 7(1)(m) of the Act. Sec. 7. Exemptions. (1) When a request is made to inspect or copy...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - In February of 2015, we provided sufficient information to point to an EEOC problem with Catherine Brod, former College of DuPage (COD) Administrator working for the COD Foundation. (EEOC Article) That article stemmed from tips reporting that Brod goes through staff at...
